"I'm going to do some preaching and teaching ... "

Hugh J . Scoll, newly appointed Dean Of Teacher Education at Hunler Col/ege.

Hugh Scot! is not just an educator-he is an urban edu· cator, focusing his entire career on the special techiques, problems and rewards of teaching " disadvantaged" urban youth,

SCOIl, who on July 1 became the new Dean of Teacher Education at Hunler College, definitely believes that the word "disadvantaged" should be in quotes. "Many young· sters from the city ghettos may be economically and soci-

President Jacqueline Wexler recently an­nounced three major appointments to the Hunter Cotlege administration and faculty. Dr. Jerome B. Schneewind has been named Vice President for Academic Affairs and Deputy to the President, becoming Provost of the College to replace Douglas Maynard, who resigned the post earlier this year.

Teacher Education, taking over from Acting Dean Norris Fliegel. Deans Tyson and Scott assumed their duties at Hunter on July 1, and interviews with them appear in th is issue of NewsHunter,

Dr. Schneewind's appOintment was ef­fective September 3, and President Wexler will formally introduce him to the faculty and administration at a reception on Wednes­day, September 17-at which time she will also present this year's budget situation.

In addition, Dr. Margaret Tyson was ap­pointed Assistant Vice President and Dean of the Hunter-Bellevue School of Nursing, replacing retired Dean Marguerite Holmes; and Dr. Hugh J. Scott is the new Dean of

A distinguished scholar of 18th and 19th century Anglo-American philosophy, Dr.

Margare! Tyson, the new Dean 01 the Hunter College-Bellevue School of Nursing.

''We need leaders to identify our health problems..!'

" I'm convinced that within five years this country will have some kind of national heaUh system," says Dr. Margaret Tyson , Hunter's new Assistant Vice President for Health Affairs and Dean of the Hunter College-Bellevue School of NurSing. She feels, therefore, thai the " big chanenge" in nursing education is " to iden!ify and develop curricula for the really predictable needs in nursing."

Dr. Tyson has her own ideas of what Ihose needs will be. "We have to train people on two levels. First, those pre­pared for leadership who can identify what our health problems are, collect the appropriate data 10 devise a plan of hea lth care and then see that it is properly imple­mented. Secondly, we need the people to carry out the team effort-for that's what medical care has to be,"

Although Dr. Tyson speaks rapidly, presenting her thoughts clearly and logically, there is nothing crisp in her manner; on the contrary, in her looks, speech and gestures she seems very much an "aristocratic Southe rn lady." Born and ra ised in Maryland, Dr, Tyson received her basic nursing training at the Hospital for the Women of Mary­land in Baltimore, and then became an instructor there. Her as and MA in Nursing Education were awarded by the

ally disadvantaged," he says, " but they are not-as many have bel ieved-psychologically disadvantaged,"

Therefore, he continues, teaching these youngsters "re­quires new ways to motivate them to learn; it requires teachers who understand the city child and his or her pa­rents, and a teacher who actively participates in the com­munity," Also, he adds, "teachers should be able to bring a degree of fun to their work- for after all, formal educa­tion can be quite boring to most of us."

Dean Scoll does communicate a sense of lun about his life's work, He'll tell you that ' 'I'm going to do some preach. ing and some teaching-I'll let you know when I'm preach­ing and you can ignore it if you want to." He also commu­nicates an unusual sense of dedication; but then he'd have to be dedicated-to come as far as fast as he has.

Training teachers to teach in the urban environment is, of course, one of the traditional aims of Hunter's Teacher Education department, and Dean Scot!, who is 41 years old, is uniquely qualified-by both direct experience and academic and administrative achievement-to guide new programs and bring new direction to the ever-changing, ever-demanding field of urban education.

Scott is a native of Detroit, one of eight children, and a "child of the ghetto" who is not quite sure why he was motivated to pursue a higher education. Once in college, however, he planned a career in law. But in 1956 he re­ceived a BA in Social Studies and Education from Wayne State University, then went on to get a master's degree in Elementary Education while teaching social studies in the Detroit Public School system.

In 1964 Scott was chosen to "star" in an Academy Award nominated documentary film, " Children Without," which followed him through the day-to-day frustrations and accomplishments in teaching at a ghetto school. Dean Scot! believes the " exposure" gained in this film helped win him an appointment as assistant to the Direc­tor of the Great Cities Project in Detroit-which, in turn,

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Schneewind received his B.A. from Cornell and was awarded his M.A. and Ph.D. from Princeton, His distinguished teaching ca­reer has included posts at the University of Chicago, Yale, Stanford, and the Univ. of Pittsburgh, where he has served as Profes­sor of Philosophy and Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences. At Hunter, he will also be appOinted as a Professor of Philosophy.

The November issue of NewsHunfer will feature a full interview with Dr, Schneewind, following him through his first weeks as the new Provost at Hunter College.

University of Maryland, and alter completing her master's in 1956 she became a professor and Dean of the School of Nursing al the University of Virginia. At the time she was the only female dean at the University, also the young· est, and the first dean of the School of Nursing-essen­Hatty. in charge of creating the school, developing policy and curricula, hiring faculty and, in general, administering a large and complex organization. "II was an interesting ten years," she recalls, "moving the nursing school into the university system."

Dr, Tyson received her Ed.D. in Nursing Education and Administration from Teacher's College, Columbia Univer­sity, in 1963, and the next year became an associate pro­lessor there. In 1968 she was appointed Associate Direc­tor, Division of Health Services at Teacher's College, and after a year's sabbatical in 1970 she was named project director for the School of Nursing's Revision and Reor­ganization in the Baccalaureate Program. In this post she developed new collaborative instructional arrangements with several of New York's leading hospitals. Most of her ten years at Columbia were spent in graduate education, "studying and exploring" curriculum and administration

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ARTICLES AND BOOKS

Norman Adler, associate professor of Political Science, and Blanche D, Blank, Dean of the Division of Social SCiences, are co-authors of Political Clubs in New York , recently published by Praeger. Us­ing the basic research design of Roy V. Peel 's 1935 study, Adler and Blank give an up-to-date analysis of political c lubs in New York, with a foreword by Mr. Peel.

Gil Alroy, Polit ica l Science Dept., has re­cently published a book titled The Kissin­ger Experience.

Naomi Cohen, Professor of History, has recently published a book, " American Jews and the Zionist Idea" (Ktav Publish­ing Co.)

Either C. Frankel of the Department of Health and Physical Education, wrote an article on "Folk Dance for Fun, Friendsh ip and Fitness" for a recent issue of Preven­tion magazine.

Jose O. Jimenez, Romance Languages, has recently published a new book: Jose Marll. Prosa escogida (Madrid : Colecc ion Novelas y Cuentos/Ediciones Magisterlo Espanol, 1975).

Robert July, History Department, is the author of a new book, " Precolonial Africa : An Economic and Social History" (Scrib­ners, 1975), and has published a revised second edition of " A History of the African Peop~olh editions havebeen c osen for distribution by the History Book Club, and the second edition is also adopted by the Library of Political and International Affairs and by.the Macmi llan Book Clubs.

Mary Lefkarltel, department of Health and Physical Education, recently prepared the instructor's manual for th e book titled " Health", which was written by Jean Mayer of the Harvard School of Public Health.

AJex Szogyl, Chairman of Romance Lan­guages, was the subject of an interview and article in La Fiera Letteraria , Italy's leading li terary journal. The art icle, " Cec­hova New York," described Prof. Szogyi's work in translating the plays of Anton Chekhov. Also, Szogyi's translation of "Ivanov" was recently presented by the ETC Theatre Company of New York, in association with City Playworks.

Donald S. Zagorla, Political SCience, is the author of an article. " Ch ina by Day­light," which appeared in the Spring issue of Dissent.

LECTURES

Elizabeth Beaujour, Russian Division, re ­cently spoke to the Comparative litera­ture Colloqu ium at the Graduate Center on "The Aesthetic Consequences of SOCial Command in the Arts." She also took part in a panel on " New Critical Approaches to Russian Literature" at the Mid',vest Slavic Conference.

Jose Jimenez, Romance Languages, has recently given ta lks to the Hispanic Gradu­ate Association at New York University, and also to the Spanish Inst itute (New

·York) .

Jamel M. Suarez, Assistant Professor of Economics, was invited to del iver a paper on "The Impact of Cyclical Changes in Unemployment on the Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) Program" at the annua l meeting of the American Sta ­tist ical Association in August.

SPECIAL PROJECTS

Reva Fine Holtzman, coordinator of Field Work for Hunter's School of Social Work, was guest speaker at a seminar on Stu-

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led to a post at Michigan State University as director of Teacher Education projects in Detroit and Flint, Michigan. The experimental program, which was funded by the Matt Institute of Community Improvement, involved " taking the student teachers to their students-the teachers received most of their college courses in the field ."

During the one year project at Michigan State, Scott was a " fu ll time student as well as a fu ll time teacher," and re­ceived his doctorate in Educational Administration. He also published and edited an educational magazine called "D isadvantaged. "

The following fa ll , in September, 1966, Scott became an assistant principal in the Detroit School system and one year later he was named Assistant to the Deputy Super­intendent of Schools. " I remember feeling frustrated," he says, "having been in the school system for ten years and not moving very far. What I didn't realize was that the traditional progression was maybe six years as assistant principal then eight years as a prinCipal before you could qualify as superintendent of schools. " Scott was named Regional Assistant Superintendent of Schools in Detroit in 1968, and in 1970 he became Superintendent for the Dis­trict of Columbia Schools in Washington, D.C. He held that post unti l 1973, upon becoming professor of education at Howard University.

While at Howard, Scott received a Rockefeller Founda­tion grant which he used to travel throughout the country, visiting urban schools, and particularly those school sys­tems which are supervised by a black superintendent. The result is a book he has just completed: " Messiah- or Sa­crificial Lamb? The Emerging Black Schoql Superinten­dent." He has also recently written an article on " The Large City School Superintendent-Condolences or Con­gratu lations?"

Obviously, he has contradictory feelings about the job of trying to run a large urban school system, because "there's a massive contradiction between the responsibil­ities of the job- which are huge-and the authority to take action , wh ich is very limited." One of his conclusions about urban school administration is that " efficiency just isn't good enough." Large city schools, he adds, "will continue to be the most difficult in which to teach. Without major reformations in the tota l SOCiety, we'll never see the day when the mass of children from economically and social ly depressed areas score above the national norm."

- Urban education can be vastly improved and advanced; though, accord ing to Dean Scott, and he sees that the ro le of Hunter's Department of Teacher Education Is to "ex­pand in our outreach, to find new ways to share cross­experiences with the public schools-having them give input to us and vice-versa." Also, "we must provide more supportive services to those teachers already placed, and we've got to develop new instructional materials and techniques to deal with the specific problems of the inner city." Scott expects to involve those Hunter alumni who are now teaching in the city: "I want them to come back to us with information and suggestions, to assist us wherever possible."

Scott expects to give his department's faculty a "full voice in curriculum planning and administration," and he also expects from them excellence in teaching, service to the community and an urban focus in research proj­ects. Scott himself will not be teaching any courses during the coming semester, and does not ever want to take on too much of a teaching load. "A dean should be here­available to the stUdents," he says; " If I can 't do much to enhance their progress, it isn't worth it."

Scott is very much an advocate of open admissions, be­lieving that "everyone has the right to try" for higher edu­cation. He has severe reservations, however, about dOing away with requ ired courses. " Students ought to be dealing with the relevancy of what is being taught. I feel that some of us in leadership have really abdicated our responsibi li ty to students by not selli ng standards."

Scott describes himse lf as "a mili tant-in terms of tak­ing direct action about human rights-but I'm not an ex­tremist. As an admin istrator you have to take an organized approach to problems-so you can't be an extremist. When I sit down to ta lk to the president, that's when I can accomplish something."

Personally, Dean Scott looks forward to working in the biggest, most complex urban environment of all . " New York is my kind of city," he says, listing as among his special in­terests, music, movies and sports. The Scott family, includ­ing wife Flo rence, daughter Marvalisa, 19, and son Hugh, 9, are making their home in New Roche ll e.

Alumni Meetings There wi ll be three meetings of the Alumni Association during the 1975-76 season.

The Association meetings scheduled for the Shuster and Picker Rooms at Roosevelt House, will be at 7:30 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 10; Monday, Jan. 5; and Monday, May 10. All are welcome at the three Assoc iation meetings.

Chapter Notes Queens Chapter of the Alumni Association of Hunter

Col lege is happy to announce that it will be celebrating its tw~n ty-fifth birthday this December. In honor of this occa­sio" we are planning a birthday dinner party at Constan­tines Restaurant at 153-35 Hillside Avenue (corner Parsons Blvd.), Jamaica, New York, on December 2, 1975. For fur­ther information cal Beverly Buckwalter at AX 7-7525.

The Westchester Chapter is plann ing a luncheon at 12:30 p.m. , Saturday, October 18, at the Rye Golf Club. Call Muriel Byrnes, (914) 940-'1979, for further i nformation~

League Seminar The New York City League of Women Voters has arranged for a series of seminars from September to January, on Thursday afternoons at 1 p.m.

There are a few seats avai lable for HUnter alumni and in­terested persons may apply to the Division of Social Sci­ences, Box 564, Hunter Col lege.

PTP Forum The Hunter College Center for Policy through Part icipation is planning a 'Charter Revision Forum' on Tuesday, Sept. 30th at Roosevelt House. The meeting beg ins at 7 p.m.

PASSOVER - 1976 - EASTER in ISRAEL/THE HOLY LAND

Hunter College has arranged th is unique opportunity for you to celebrate Passover and Easter in the historic home of Judaism and the birthplace of Christianity, combined with a specially guided ten-day tour of ancient and modern Israel.

• Scheduled jet transportation on EI AI between New York City and Tel Aviv.

• First class hotels, with continental breakfast and dinner daily.

• Fi rst Night Seder in Jerusalem. • Good Friday and Easter Sunrise services in Jerusalem. • A day and a night at a kibbutz. • Visit Ha ifa, Caesarea, Bethlehem, Galilee, Massada,

Jericho, Hebron, Safed, Golan Heights, Valley of Jezreel, the Old City of Jerusalem.

For additional information and application contact College, 505 Park Avenue (Atl. Israel Trip). New York 10022 or

departs April 8 returns April 19

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